(CLOSED) How to work with global variable in AWS Lambda (python)

Question

I need an approach in AWS lambda to resolve an issue

What am I doing now:

I am looking to build a quick script to test my understanding on global variables. In my script, I place a variable outside the handler, and I assign it a value for the sake of declaring it. Then I place an addition statement within the handler hoping that for every invocaIion, variable i will be added 1. n a way, I am expecting this to work like a test counter - every time I test the lambda script, AWS prepares the environment, run the script, record down the changes (+1), shuts off while storing the latest value (1) in global variable i.

import json
import boto3

i = 0

def lambda_handler(event, context):
    
    i+=1        
    print(i)

My problem is

I was expecting the output to be 1,2,3,4,5.... However, what happened was it only output 1 all the time. I suppose this could be due to me declaring variable i as 0 , but such is required as I need to declare i.

What I need

I need some solution (most likely a global variable) to store and pass down the values generated from each lambda script invocation down to the subsequent one.